Rupsagar by Indranil Sanyal [Hardcover]

This excerpt beautifully uses weaving as a metaphor for life and storytelling. The longitudinal threads (taana) and cross threads (porey) in a saree symbolize the intertwined relationships and characters within this novel. The taana represents pivotal figures such as mother Tumppa, daughter Sudha, and their familial ally Brajalal Sharma. Meanwhile, the porey involves MLA Manojit Roy and his family, along with Arup Ghoshal, the owner of Kolkata's largest saree shop, and his family.
Through themes of crime, rejection, love, separation, and vengeance, the narrative grows increasingly intricate with numerous side characters. The shuttle of life’s loom transitions from colleges to police stations, hospitals to brothels, old homes to grand mansions, ad agencies to Tollywood studios, malls to five-star hotels, and even from Mohanpur to America. Echoing Draupadi’s never-ending saree, the novel showcases an infinite design—a celestial tapestry known as life